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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 deconstruct | to seek to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning |
| paradigmatic | of or relating to a pattern or model |
| misogynist | woman-hating |
| agrarian | relating to agricultural or rural matters |
| apocalyptic | of or pertaining to a prophetic disclosure or revelation; of the end of an age |
| Dead Sea Scrolls | a number of parchment scrolls dating from 100 bce to about 70 ce containing Hebrew and Aramaic scriptural texts |
| eschatology | the branch of theology concerned with last things, such as death, judgment, heaven and hell |
| exegesis | a critical explanation or analysis; especially, interpretation of the Scriptures |
| hermeneutics | the science and methodology of interpretation, especially of Scriptural text |
| heuristic | helping to discover or learn |
| Logos | a/ cosmic reason; b/ the self-revealing thought and will of God |
| redactor | an editor |
| Septuagint | a Greek translation of the Old Testament made in the 3rd century bce |
| theodicy | a vindication of divine justice in the face of the existence of evil |
| pericope | a selection from a book, an extract; specifically, a selection from the Gospels or Epistles adapted to the Sundays and festivals of the year, embracing especially the chief points in the history of redemption |
| pleonasm | the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy |
| ecclesiastical | of or pertaining to a church |
| rhetoric | the art of oratory, especially the persuasive use of language to influence the thoughts and actions of listeners |
| dialogical | of or pertaining to the interaction of different voices or points of view |
| intertextuality | of or pertaining to the relationship of one text to another, in one or more ways |
| semiotics | the idea that the structure of language gives meaning to all human communication |
| semantics | the study of meaning in language |
| strophe | a rhythmic system constituting a section of a poem, typically consisting of a series of asymmetric lines |
| atomistic | tending to divide into subclasses, groups or units |
| antipode | the direct opposite of something else |
| chiasm | a rhetorical inversion of the second of two parallel structures; ex. He went to the theater/ but home went she. |
| binary | composed of two different parts |
| ternary | composed of three different parts |
| metonymy | a figure of speech in which an idea is evoked or named by means of a term designating some associated notion; ex. The words sword and sex are metonymical designations for military career and women in the statement, "He abandoned the sword and the sex together" |
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